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CVE-2022-0016

GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.2.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists within the Connect Before Logon feature of the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app that enables a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM or root privileges when authenticating with Connect Before Logon under certain circumstances. This issue impacts GlobalProtect app 5.2 versions earlier than GlobalProtect app 5.2.9 on Windows and MacOS. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

    From 5.2 · fixed in 5.2.9

  • Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

    Version range not reported

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com